Many people believe that a business is about making money. This is a false notion made worse by our inadequate and misleading accounting systems. Continue reading
I keep trying to wrap my head around what a complete business structure looks like. Continue reading
Pondering entrepreneuring it seems like there’s a difference in approach available to startups and established enterprises. Continue reading
I’ve been toying with the notion that business, for certain, and possibly life in general is all about asset transformation. Basically, taking one or more assets and transforming them into other assets. We transform our skills and time into money by means of a job. We transform our charm and … Continue reading
“When I came to IBM I was a guy who believed in strategy and analysis. What I learned was that corporate culture is not part of the game: It is the game.”
– Louis V. Gerstner Jr., Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance?: Inside IBM’s Historic Turnaround, New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 2002.
I considered this talk to be the gem of OSCON 2014 (O’Reilly Open Source Conference). I think his insights into backwards causality (67% of all successful generals bombard hills) and crossing value chains with market maturity are brilliant. Here’s Simon’s OSCON 2014 keynote … Simon Wardley OSCON 2014 Keynote: "Introduction … Continue reading
I’ve spent a lot of years trying to sort through what I should be expecting from whom in each layer of management and I think I’ve finally come up with a model that works for me. I’d like to share it with you. Continue reading
For quite awhile now I’ve been wanting to assemble an internet business. Continue reading
An excellent description of what separates the great from the merely competent. Continue reading
